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26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.7 Release:</font></h2>
27: <p>
28: Released May 1, 2005<br>
29: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
30: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-5-5</font>
31: <p>
32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
38:
39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.7/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.7 Errata page</a> for a list
50: of bugs and workarounds.
51: <li>See a <a href="plus37.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
52: 3.6 and 3.7 releases.
53: </ul>
54: </font></h3>
55: <br clear=all>
56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.7.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus37.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 3.7.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New platforms:
77: <ul>
78: <li><a href="zaurus.html">OpenBSD/zaurus</a><br>
79: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a><br>
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
83: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
84: <ul>
1.9 pvalchev 85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&arch=i386">ath(4)</a>
86: driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4&arch=i386">iwi(4)</a>
88: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4&arch=i386">ipw(4)</a>
90: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
91: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu&sektion=4&arch=i386">atu(4)</a>
92: driver for Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4&arch=i386">ral(4)</a>
94: driver for Ralink Technology RT25x0 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
95: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&sektion=4&arch=i386">rtw(4)</a>
96: driver for Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
97: <li>Added support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&arch=i386">re(4)</a>
98: driver for Realtek 8169 CardBus Ethernet adapters.
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vge&sektion=4&arch=i386">vge(4)</a>
100: driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters.
1.1 henning 101: </ul>
102: <p>
103:
1.11 ! henning 104: <li>New functionality:
! 105: <ul>
! 106: </ul>
! 107: <p>
! 108:
1.10 henning 109: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8&">ntpd(8)</a>,
110: the Network Time Protocol Daemon:
111: <ul>
112: <li>ntpd can now set the time hard on startup itself, eleminating the need to
113: run rdate -n beforehands
114: <li>use median instead of average when collapsing all the peers' offsets
115: into one, greatly improving resistance against falsetickers
116: <li>handle NTPv3 and earlier clients better
117: <li>calculate rootdelay, stratum and precision properly; include these in
118: replies sent out in server mode
119: <li>set the IP ToS field to "lowdelay"
120: <li>many logging improvements, ntpd is now almost completely silent in normal
121: operation (unless in debug mode, of course)
122: </ul>
123: <p>
124:
1.7 henning 125: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&">bgpd(8)</a>,
126: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
127: <ul>
128: <li>Allow sessions to depend on a CARP interface's master/backup state,
129: reducing failover times in redundant setups
130: <li>While preference was given to older (more stable) routes previously,
131: it is now also possible to go for a deterministic decision process,
132: ignoring the route age.
133: <li>Allow for more than one community to be set per filter rule
134: <li>Lower latency for requests from other peers or bgpctl while under heavy
135: load, e. g. initial table transfer when a session comes up
136: <li>Allow for the peer descriptions to be used in bgpctl commands where
137: previously only their IPs where allowed
138: <li>Allow bgpd to not prepend its own AS number and to not modify the nexthop
139: on updates sent out
140: <li>Show associated interfaces and their state on "show nexthop",
141: to help pointing out why nexthops are invalid
142: <li>Allow for relative metrics modification, i. e.
143: "set localpref +20"
144: </ul>
145: <p>
146:
1.8 pvalchev 147: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages.
1.1 henning 148: <p>
149:
1.3 henning 150: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability.
1.1 henning 151: <p>
152:
153: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
154: <p>
155:
156: <li>OpenSSH 4.1:
157: <ul>
158: </ul>
159: <p>
160:
161: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
162: <ul>
1.6 matthieu 163: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
164: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
1.1 henning 165: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
166: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 167: and 3.3.5
1.1 henning 168: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 169: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 170: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
171: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
172: <li>Groff 1.15
1.2 henning 173: <li>Sendmail 8.13.3, with libmilter
174: <li>Bind 9.3.0 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 175: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.2 henning 176: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p6
1.1 henning 177: <li>Ncurses 5.2
178: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
179: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
180: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.2 henning 181: <li>Binutils 2.15
182: <li>Gdb 6.3
1.1 henning 183: </ul>
184: <p>
185:
186: </ul>
187:
188: <a name="install"></a>
189: <hr>
190: <p>
191: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
192: <p>
193: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
194: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
195: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
196: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
197: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
198: purchased a CDROM instead.
199: <p>
200:
201: <hr>
202: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
203: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.7 on your machine:
204: <p>
205: <ul>
206: <li>CD1:3.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
207: <li>CD1:3.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
208: <p>
209: <li>CD2:3.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
210: <li>CD2:3.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
211: <p>
212: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
213: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
214: <p>
215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/cats/INSTALL.cats
217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
225: </ul>
226: <hr>
227:
228: <p>
229: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
230: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
231: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
232: <p>
233:
234: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
235: <ul>
236: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
237: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
238: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
239: <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
240:
241: <p>
242: Use <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
243: support, or <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs</i> for better laptop support.
244:
245: <p>
246: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
247: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
248: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
249:
250: <p>
251: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
252: read INSTALL.i386.
253:
254: <p>
255: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
256: at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
257: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
258: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
259: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
260: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
261: "rfd0a".
262:
263: <ul><pre>
264: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
265: </pre></ul>
266:
267: <p>
268: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
269: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
270: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
271: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
272: </ul>
273:
274: <p>
275: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
276: <ul>
277: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
278: </ul>
279:
280: <p>
281: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
282: <ul>
283: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
284: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
285: your BIOS options first.
286: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
287: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.7/amd64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy, then
288: boot from the floppy drive.
289:
290: <p>
291: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
292: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
293: INSTALL.amd64 document.
294:
295: <p>
296: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
297: read INSTALL.amd64.
298: </ul>
299:
300: <p>
301: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
302: <ul>
303: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
304: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
305:
306: <p>
307: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
308: /3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
309: </ul>
310:
311: <p>
312: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
313: <ul>
314: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
315: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
316: ROM.
317:
318: <ul><pre>
319: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
320: or
321: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
322: </pre></ul>
323:
324: <p>
325: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
326: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy.
327: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
328: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
329: your ROM.
330:
331: <ul><pre>
332: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
333: or
334: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
335: </pre></ul>
336:
337: <p>
338: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
339: will most likely fail.
340:
341: <p>
342: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
343: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
344: INSTALL.sparc file.
345: </ul>
346:
347: <p>
348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
349: <ul>
350: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
351:
352: <p>
353: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
354: <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
355: floppy</i>.<br>
356: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
357: will most likely fail.
358:
359: <p>
360: You can also write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/miniroot37.fs</i> to the swap partition on
361: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
362:
363: <p>
364: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
365: </ul>
366:
367: <p>
368: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
369: <ul>
370: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or
371: <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
372: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
373:
374: <p>
375: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
376: will most likely fail.
377:
378: </ul>
379:
380: <p>
381: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
382: <ul>
383: <p>
384: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
385: <i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
386: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
387: </ul>
388:
389: <p>
390: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
391: <ul>
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
397: <p>
398: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
399: </ul>
400:
401: <p>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
403: <ul>
404: <p>
405: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
406: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
407: </ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
411: <ul>
412: <p>
413: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
414: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
415: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
416: </ul>
417:
418: <p>
419: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
420: <ul>
421: <p>
422: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
423: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
424: <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
425: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
426: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/</i> onto your
427: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
428: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
429: </ul>
430:
431: <p>
432: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
433: <ul>
434: <p>
435: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
436: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
437: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
438: for more details.
439: </ul>
440:
441: <p>
442: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
443: <ul>
444: <p>
445: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
446: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
447: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
448: for more details.
449: </ul>
450:
451: <p>
452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
453: <ul>
454: </ul>
455:
456: <p>
457: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
458: <ul>
459: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
460: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
461: in a separate archive. To extract:
462: <p>
463: <ul><pre>
464: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
465: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
466: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
467: </pre></ul>
468: <p>
469: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
470: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
471: To extract:
472: <p>
473: <ul><pre>
474: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
475: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
476: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
477: </pre></ul>
478: <p>
479: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
480: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
481: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
482: Using these files
483: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
484: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
485: <p>
486: </ul>
487:
488: <a name="upgrade"></a>
489: <hr>
490: <p>
491: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
492: <p>
1.4 henning 493: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 henning 494: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
495: <a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
496:
497: <a name="ports"></a>
498: <hr>
499: <p>
500: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
501: <p>
502: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
503: <p>
504: <ul><pre>
505: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
506: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
507: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
508: </pre></ul>
509: <p>
510: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
511: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
512: if you know nothing about ports
513: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
514: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
515: OpenBSD ports system.
516: <p>
517: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
518: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
519: cvs(1)</a> if
520: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
521: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
522: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
523: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
524: like:
525: <p>
526: <ul><pre>
1.5 henning 527: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>
1.1 henning 528: </pre></ul>
529: <p>
530: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
531: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
532: server.]
533: <p>
534: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
535: packages for the 3.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
536: <p>
537: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
538: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
539: place to know.
540: <p>
541:
542: <hr>
543: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
544: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
545: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
546: <br><small>
1.11 ! henning 547: $OpenBSD: 37.html,v 1.10 2005/03/23 20:34:36 henning Exp $
1.1 henning 548: </small>
549:
550: </body>
551: </html>